HC Deb 21 April 1988 vol 131 c537W
Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report, using population changes for those aged 17 and over, the 1986 forecast of the expected percentage change of the number of people on the electoral register in Scotland for 1987–88.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The latest available projection is 1985-based and shows a change of plus 0.28 per cent. between mid-1987 and mid-1988 for the population of Scotland aged 17 and over.